Jon, It would be helpful if you'd add some context to a message which is entirely a quotation.
Best, Gary On 3/9/12, Jon Awbrey <[email protected]> wrote: > o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o > > Note 2 > > o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o > > Objective Logic (cont.) > > The first question, then, which I have to ask is: Supposing such a thing > to be true, what is the kind of proof which I ought to demand to satisfy me > of > its truth? Am I simply to go through the actual process of development of > symbols > with my own thoughts, which are symbols, and am I to find in the sense of > necessity > and evidence of the following of one thought upon another an adequate > assurance that > the course followed is the necessary line of thought's development? That is > the way > the question has usually been put, hitherto, both by Hegelians and by > Anti-Hegelians. > > But even if I were to find that the sequence of conceptions in Hegel's logic > carried > my mind irresistibly along its current, that would not suffice to convince > me of its > universal validity. Nor, on the other hand, does the mere fact that I do > not find a > single step of Hegel's logic, or any substitute for it that I have met with, > either > convincing or persuasive, give me any assurance whatever that there is no > such life- > history. It seems to me natural to suppose that it would be far easier > satisfactorily > to answer the question of whether there is such a thing than to find out > what particular > form that life-history would take if it were a reality; and not only > natural to suppose so, > but made as certain by solid reasons as any such anticipation in regard to > proofs could well be. > > — Charles S. Peirce, “Minute Logic” (1902), CP 2.112 > > o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o > > academia: http://independent.academia.edu/JonAwbrey > inquiry list: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ > mwb: http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:Jon_Awbrey > oeiswiki: http://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey > word press blog 1: http://jonawbrey.wordpress.com/ > word press blog 2: http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L > listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to > [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of > the message. To post a message to the list, send it to > [email protected] > -- Gary Richmond Humanities Department Philosophy and Critical Thinking Communication Studies LaGuardia College--City University of New York --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to [email protected] with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected]
